AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
I always thought

"Maganium" was "Mag(N)anium." That's just how I misread it, and what I've called it, ever since.

When I was younger (Playing Blue) I thought healing your party in a Poke' Center would level them up faster. So I would just heal my Poke's over and over. Healing=Good Stuff Good Stuff=Level up Right...? Nope, waste of time.

I know there's more, but I can't think of anything.

Haha, I figured others had experiences like this. Share!
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Route 49
Seen February 7th, 2016
Posted June 21st, 2015
612 posts
10.5 Years
I mispronounce quite a few Pokemon, for example Shiftry I pronounced the last syllable "try" instead of "tree" and in the case of Gliscor I did a short i instead of a long one (and vice versa for Scizor, I thought it rhymed with Scyther). Until I saw some anime episodes I realize how wrong I was with my pronunciation.
Boilurn, the Scald Pokemon and the evolved form of Hottle. It can burn the holder by the lightest of touches when it boils. It can boil 3 gallons of water in one minute.

ShivaDF

The Scooter-riding Artist

Seen August 24th, 2017
Posted July 26th, 2017
482 posts
13.7 Years
Does this apply to human characters in the poke'mon games, too? If so, I thought Fantina was a transwoman, possibly post-op.

If it's just poke'mon themselves, I mispronounce a lot of them as well. I also used to think that you couldn't stop them from evolving.
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AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
Does this apply to human characters in the poke'mon games, too? If so, I thought Fantina was a transwoman, possibly post-op.

If it's just poke'mon themselves, I mispronounce a lot of them as well. I also used to think that you couldn't stop them from evolving.
Yea, just anything, really. Mispronunciations are just common.

I'm just asking anything you thought was one way, but now you know correctly.

A couple more:

I say Suicune "Sis-queen" NO IDEA why. It is not at ALL spelled that way, but that's how I say it. I think "Swee-coon" sounds weird.

And I still have no idea how to say Ho-oh.
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AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
First time I read Arceus's name my interpretation was "AR-soos". So I'm dumb is what I'm saying
Haha, I probably would have pronounced it Ar-see-us.

I honestly don't know any Poke'mon after Crystal. I played Emerald, but the only thing I remember is the Secret Hideouts. The last handheld I owned before the 3DS was an SP.
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Aquacorde

⟡ not everything is sink or swim ⟡

Age 29
she/her/he/him
Ankh-Morpork
Online now
Posted March 15th, 2023
12,275 posts
18.9 Years
I refuse to pronounce Rayquaza as the anime does. It just sounds so so wrong.

Umm other than the everlasting pronunciation issue... I didn't have anything to do with the games until Emerald, so I thought the Orange Islands were an in-game place for a few years. And I thought Unown were powerful because of movie 3. And I always thought Pupitar was part bug for some reason and it still trips me up. I just learned it wrong I guess.
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Seen May 13th, 2022
Posted July 24th, 2016
516 posts
10.4 Years
I can remember I mis-pronounced Glalie. I always used to say it like 'Glallie', like it is a British word xD.
Arceus was also a problem to me. I pronounced it like 'Ar-zoos'.

And I still get confused with the Bug-type match up. I know the weaknesses, but the resistances are so confusing. Bug NFE against Rock? I can't really tell, but I think it isn't. Ialways used to think Bug was NFE against Bug, guess.I was wrong all the time...
Z not far...

moon

they/them
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 22 Hours Ago
37,443 posts
15.5 Years
I think I mispronounce a lot of pokémon still, haha. But I'm not a native English speaker so I'm forgiven ;D

I always thought it was "Vespiqueen" but realized rather short time ago that it was "Vespiquen". With one e. I have no idea how to pronounce that O.o help?
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AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
I refuse to pronounce Rayquaza as the anime does. It just sounds so so wrong.

Umm other than the everlasting pronunciation issue... I didn't have anything to do with the games until Emerald, so I thought the Orange Islands were an in-game place for a few years. And I thought Unown were powerful because of movie 3. And I always thought Pupitar was part bug for some reason and it still trips me up. I just learned it wrong I guess.
Haha, I thought the same about Pupitar. Larvitar and Pupitar both suggest Bug-types, and Pupitar does look like another cocoon Poke'mon, such as Metapod and Kakuna. I don't even understand how they got Tyranitar from Larvitar and Pupitar.

Oh! Before I got any games, and could look them up in a Pokedex, I believed Gengar and Alakazam were actually huge, like in that one episode where the ancient ones get revived, or whatever. I was so irritated (still am) that they are actually very tiny.

I still think of them as giant Poke'mon.
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Hiatus

Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
When I was six, I used to pronounce Charizard as "Charged-zard," and made it sound like some sort of an electric-type Pokémon. Don't blame me; my reading skills were extremely poor at that time. ): Months later, though, I was finally corrected thanks to the anime. Other than that, I also used to call Blastoise "Blast-ee-ose" and Vileplume "Valley-plum."

TheFattestSnorlax

New year, new possibilities

Age 25
Male
Australia
Seen January 19th, 2017
Posted January 15th, 2017
2,382 posts
12.2 Years
It's quite hard to pronounce certain Pokémon, but after looking it all up on the internet, I will never go through embarrassment with my mates. It's right if you mess up, just do what I've done! Also, I still don't know what gender Trevor is.
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Male
Seen July 21st, 2017
Posted June 14th, 2017
1,333 posts
11 Years
I mispronounced Pokemon more than a few times. One of them was Kyogre which I would always pronounce as "kyo-gre" instead of "ka-yo-ger". I also pronounced Rayquaza with a short a (the second one) and Giratina's g as a g instead of a j.

I used to think fighting type attacks were super effective against psychic types, on Pokemon Emerald. I mislead my friend when he was stuck on the psychic gym in emerald

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Juno

OK I PULL UP

Age 28
Female
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Posted 4 Days Ago
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9.5 Years
Only one that comes to mind is I always pronounced Unova "you-no-va", but I think I heard it differently in the anime.

Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
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Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
To this day I still pronounce it "Phanphy," even though I know it only has one H in its name. Other than that, I've always been pretty good with pronunciations.

And for some reason, I've always assumed Fire type moves were super effective against Poison types, even to this day. I don't know where I came up with this one or why I still think this from time to time, but I'm guessing it has something to do with Koffing and Weezing way back in the day.
Seen December 21st, 2013
Posted November 29th, 2013
7 posts
9.6 Years
I think I mispronounce a lot of pokémon still, haha. But I'm not a native English speaker so I'm forgiven ;D

I always thought it was "Vespiqueen" but realized rather short time ago that it was "Vespiquen". With one e. I have no idea how to pronounce that O.o help?
i called it Vespiqueen to ^^ i atually still do and use the same name when im talking about the Vespoid Queen from the Monster Hunter game. Two favorite games merged lol

AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
To this day I still pronounce it "Phanphy," even though I know it only has one H in its name. Other than that, I've always been pretty good with pronunciations.

And for some reason, I've always assumed Fire type moves were super effective against Poison types, even to this day. I don't know where I came up with this one or why I still think this from time to time, but I'm guessing it has something to do with Koffing and Weezing way back in the day.

I also thought Fire was SE against Poison. I still have the subconscious feeling that it is. Poison ususally implies a Grass Poke'mon, is why.
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isthatyoudan

doesn't work well with others...

Female
At my desk on the computer
Seen October 4th, 2014
Posted September 1st, 2014
395 posts
9.5 Years
I used to say doduo as 2 syllables, like "doo-doo" or "doe-doo". now I know it is three; "doe-doo-oh".
Funny story: When I played mystery dungeon: blue rescue team, I named my Pokémon my name and nicknamed my partner. I was a bit confused when none of the other Pokémon gave themselves nicknames. That was until Gengar came along. I was just getting into Pokémon and I didn't recognize him, so I called him "ginger". I didn't realize his name wasn't ginger until ear the end of the game.
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Deep Thoughts...
The people of the Pokémon world aren't too creative. They named Pokémon after what sound they make. If we were like them, a cow would be called a "moo".

I'm Reading...
Just finished a volume of Soul Eater, volume 14. At this point, it has become very different compared to the anime, and I kind of like it. Some of the characters have gotten a lot more fleshed out (specifically the meister team of Ox, Kilik, and Kim), and things are happening quite differently. An exciting read.

I'm Playing...
The iPod music game, Cytus. While I may not know very many of the songs, I really like its music, and the gameplay is easy to pick up yet takes quite a while to master. A friend has seen me play it and he says I make it look easy, but I am still having a fun and challenging time. Definitely worth the price.
Male
Drury Lane
Seen February 17th, 2015
Posted February 16th, 2015
70 posts
10.1 Years
On the note of all of this mispronunciation business, Cilan. None of this "SAI-lin" crap, I say it like "see-LON" to preserve the cilantro pun!

Reading all of these posts is teaching me a lot about proper pronunciations, actually. I didn't know that Giratina had a J sound, or that Rayquaza is actually pronounced in the stupidest way possible!

Hang on, this video ought to smooth things out here...
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Christopher

Hear Me Roar

Age 30
Male
Oklahoma
Seen June 3rd, 2022
Posted May 21st, 2016
1,331 posts
13.2 Years
I pronounce Groudon "Grew-Don" and I'm not going to stop :P
I used to think flying types were SE against themselves and that Ice was SE against Fighting types.

Oh, and A+B+Down= Captured Pokemon. This I still do...and it works :D

AKPorcupine

Yes, Follow the Light...

Male
Washington
Seen April 12th, 2014
Posted February 22nd, 2014
35 posts
9.5 Years
I pronounce Groudon "Grew-Don" and I'm not going to stop :P
I used to think flying types were SE against themselves and that Ice was SE against Fighting types.

Oh, and A+B+Down= Captured Pokemon. This I still do...and it works :D

Well you do know Down+B is actually a thing, right?

Sometimes I do Down, and then go around the D-Pad in a circle. That's how I caught Mewtwo in a Poke' Ball, finally. Of course I weakened him and he was asleep, but when I did that, it finally landed him.

But yea, Down+B is real.
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Starry Windy

Everything will be Daijoubu.

Male
Liberty Garden
Seen April 28th, 2020
Posted April 28th, 2020
9,307 posts
10.4 Years
Back then I always thought Pokérus was a bad thing to the point that I restart the Ruby gameplay and trying my best to avoid it to infect my Pokémon. After some years later, I found out that Pokérus is the quick stat-raiser, which means it's a good thing after all.